The Philippine National Police and the Land Transportation office
have joined hands in curbing the nagging traffic menace in Dumaguete
which have not only brought chaos in the streets, but have also escalated the
commission of crimes most of which are drug-related.

BUENAFE

Traffic violations mostly by drivers of
hot motorcycles are not the only cause of
the traffic mess, but also the usage
of such hot motorcycles in the commission of crimes which are mostly
cellphone snatchings to downright
sale and delivery of prohibited
drugs.
Snatching of cellphones by fastriding motorbikers are recorded
twice daily on the average. Probers
say these are being done by drug
users who snatch expensive
cellphones from innocent users, and
trade these for drug money.
“When drug users are desper-

ate for money, they just do anything, rob
anything, sell anything, just to get their
dough,” a police official said. The phone
snatchings are just the means of securing
drug money, they said.
PNP Sr Supt Omar Buenafe, provincial director and LTO chief Ely Cabanag
said that a crack team from the PNP headquarters have been deputized by the LTO
in order to help the city traffic enforcers
to go after hot motorbikers.
Almost everyday during the past
week, hot motorcycles are being impounded and released only upon completion of papers and payment of fine which
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SAKPAN
‘KO DA !

FEBRUARY 5, 2006

P8.00

Negros Or. also
excels as human

‘traffic hotspot”

N

egros Oriental has been singled out as
one of the human-trafficking “hotspots” in
the Philippines, and one of the major recruitment grounds for actual and potential victims . Thus,
in Central Visayas, this province occupies a strategic
position in the anti-trafficking initiatives of the Philippines.
As this developed, the
Inter-Agency
Council
Against Trafficking of persons will spearhead a massive information campaign
dubbed as the “Filipino Initiative Against Trafficking,”
here in Oriental Negros on

February 19 to 24, in cooperation with the Rule of Law
Effectiveness (ROLE) Program of the USAID.
Trafficking, dubbed as
“the curse of the poor”, is
modern slavery. Victims are
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High prices? Well N-1
reduced power rates ...

W

hile everybody is talking about high
prices, here comes Noreco 1 reducing
their power rates, not because of anything,
but because it is implementing the pro-rata distribution of the royalties paid by PNOC to the local government.

Under the law, the
eight percent of the proceeds from the royalties
of PNOC to local govern-

ments for the usage of
geothermal power beneath, is to be used only
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to reduce the

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ANOTHER FIRST IN THE CITY

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CABANAG

Ten more drug cases resolved
at the start of the year 2006

T

he Regional Trial Court, Branch 30 of Oriental Negros has resolved ten more drug
cases filed before it for the month of January

2006.

The drug cases decided
resulted in the convictions of
Jerlyn Ybanez and Gilbert
Calugcugan who were each
sentenced to suffer imprisonment of from 12 years

and one day as minimum to
14 years as maximum for
violating Section 11 of RA
No. 9165. The couple Jose
Liu and Vicky Liu, Salvador
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DepEd fooled GSIS
with bloated salaries?
U

nscrupulous DepEd personnel whether here
or in Manila main office, submitted fake teachers records to GSIS bearing bloated salaries, thus, the
System lost billions of pesos in fake loans and false benefits, over the years. This, aside from other agencies
which may have also done the same thing.
That is why there seems
to be a lull in services because the GSIS is still in the

process of finalizing its rectified records of government
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FIVE MORE BRIDGES IN VARIOUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS HAVE BEEN PUT UP IN NEGROS ORIENTAL last
year as a result of the President’s Bridge Program. According to Engr. Pedro Tuble, chief of the DPWH maintenance
division , the bridges are, namely: Amio Bridge (this foto above) and Inobongan Bridge in Sta. Catalina; Tinago Bridge
in Dumaguete City; Kalabnugan Bridge in Sibulan; and Tabuc-tubig Bridge in Tanjay City.
Tuble said construction of Kalabnugan, Tabuc-Tubig and Tinago bridges are still ongoing. The two bridges in Sta.
Catalina have already been completed. Two more bridges under the program are still to start construction - the BalugoBanwagi Bridge in Guihulngan and Lacaon-Mahanlod Bridge in Jimalalud.
Based on records from the Provincial Engineer’s Office, the total provincial counterpart for the said bridges is
approximately P33.5 million. Two more bridges under the program are still to start construction - the Balugo-Banwagi
Bridge in Guihulngan and Lacaon-Mahanlod Bridge in Jimalalud.

TOP OF THE WEEK

Metro Dumaguete
Landfill Plan

BY E DWARD LOPEZ
The Dumaguete City government together with the
other four townS under the still-on-paper concept of
Metro Dumaguete are expected within this year to ink a
memorandum of agreement delineating their respective
functions and responsibilities towards establishing and
managing the ambitious sanitary landfill.
The province of Negros Oriental will also be a partner for such agreement as it will give a sizable financial
amount to kick off the project.
Those that will be involved in the expected signing
of the memorandum of agreement are Dumaguete City
Mayor Agustin Perdices , Dauin Mayor Rodrigo Alanano,
Bacong Mayor Rodolfo Yee, Valencia Mayor Rodolfo
Gonzales, Sibulan Mayor Antonio Renacia and San Jose
Mayor Nelson Ruiz and Governor George Arnaiz.
–o0o–
CAPITOL TO BUY RICE ON CREDIT
Governor George Arnaiz has renewed his official
linakage with the local office of the National Food Authority (NFA to purchase rice on credit in the event of
emergencies and calamities.
The linkage is known as Rice Loan Agreement.
The NFA’s linkage with local government units is
aimed at helping local executives provide basic social
services to the populace, thus they came up with a purchase rice on credit program.
–o0o–
BINDOY’S MICRO WATERSHED VISION
Bindoy Mayor Valente Yap has pushed for a unique
environmental program for his town called the Micro
Watershed Rehabilitation Program.
The project involves the internal greening of the town
as well as taking into considerations the recovery of for
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Boticas to sell at half price
no applicants here. Why?

(From page 1)
The show management denied it but persistent reports
say that somebody in the queue near the entrance of the
ULTRA shouted that there was a bomb which was about to
explode at the ULTRA. In short, it was a bomb scare. There
was no bomb that exploded at all.
As a result of that scare, people by the thousands scampered for safety causing 73 people to get caught and were ran
over by the human stampede that followed. This was outside the
building. Manila PNA bureau chief Ben Cal spoke with me via
cellphone.
Immediately, no less than President Arroyo, Vice President de Castro rushed to the scene to condole with the victims. Secretary Angelo Reyes of DILG and Sec. Mike Defensor, chief of staff and de Castro were instructed by PGMA
not to leave the area until all the people inside the Ultra went
out of the Ultra in an orderly manner.
The police were on hand to make sure that their was order
among those who exited at 1:45 p. m. yesterday. AVP for security was Rene Luspo, former Coast Guard PRO.He reported that
it was the unruly crowd that started the stampede at the gate.
Out of 25,000 people outside only 17,000 were to be accommodated inside.

T

he Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) here
are urging drug store owners and pharma
cists in Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces to sign up for the half-priced medicines program
of the government. Up to now , there are no takers, why?
Poor information dissemination by government maybe?
Dubbed as the Botika ng Bayan or Botika ng Barangay,
the five-year program aims There are more than 100
to reduce the prices of medi- drugstores operating in
cines by half. As of January Negros Oriental and around
2006, a total of 1,016 Botika 12 in Siquijor. Local BFAD
ng Bayan has been estab- Officer Manon Iglesia said
lished in addition to the the requirements for the pro3,600 Botika ng Barangay gram are same as when applying for a retail drug store,
across the country.
However, since it was
started in 2005, there are yet
no applicants for the program in the said provinces.
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FU is searching
for TOP alumni

T

he Foundation University Alumni Association
has once again launched its 2006 Search for
Outstanding FU Alumni to recognize the outstanding achievements of its alumni who have excelled
in their respective fields.
Any FU bonafide alumnus is qualified to nominate
his fellow alumni in any of
the categories like: Accountancy, Agriculture, Arts &
Culture, the Sciences, Corporate Business Management/Banking, Entrepreneurship, Education, Law,
Community Service (like

Environmental Advocacy,
etc.), and Government/Public Service.
Several educators, an outstanding RTC executive
judge, CPA-lawyers, agriculturists, entrepreneurs, and
heads of government corporations were recipients of
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PNP to donate each others’ blood and to the poor
PNP policy is revived
urging each soldier to be
blood-typed so that when
the need arises, there is a
ready list of walking donors of various types of
blood. It also covers all
PNP personnel in the cities and towns of Negros
Oriental This old policy
was revived by PNP provincial director Sr Supt
Omar Buenafe. Foto
shows policeman donating his blood. Inset is
women’s desk officer
Baby Abellon coordinating.

BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE ULTRA Astrodome gates where the
stampede happened. The crowd became unruly when told only
17,000 were to be accomodated out of the estimated 30,000 crowd
which camped even on early morning.

A MORAL LESSON
FOR A GIANT NETWORK.
So, what is the moral lesson here?
Here is a giant TV network lambasting the government
24 hours a day, calling for the President to step down, yet,
with all humility, the “beleaguered president” whom ABSCBN always described as such, came by to condole with
the victims of the tragedy, along with her cabinet and vice
president.
All resources of the government were available to help the
victims of the ABS-CBN tragedy. We were glued to our TV sets
and what did we notice : NOT A WORD OF THANKS FROM
ABS-CBN to the government officials who went there to condole
with the victims of the tragedy. Thanks came only at 7pm during
the presscon.
VP de Castro, another victim of ABS-CBN’s hate campaign against the President was there like a loyal soldier to
his former employer. He was even the one who persuaded
the crowd successfully, to go back to their homes because
the show was temporarily suspended.
VP de Castro’s rating show Magandang Gabi Bayan was
scrapped by ABS-CBN just recently because de Castro allegedly
did not join ABS-CBN in calling for the President’s resignation.
NOLI’S SHINING MOMENT.
It was Noli de Castro, the mediaman and broadcaster’s shining moment. Here was the fired guy, still having the humility to go
through the crowd, literally helped carry the dead into ambulances,
but never, never, did we see any ABS CBN CAMERA show
whether the network thanked de Castro for his humility and magnanimity. Only at 7 pm presscon did they thank him.
CAMERA SHOTS.
SHOULD SHAME ABS-CBN.
ABS-CBN denied that there was a bomb scare. No mention
that the cause of the stampede was a bomb scare. Obviously, to
mention that would endanger future shows. But if it were some
bomb scare in Malacañang, we are sure that the camera shots
would replay the gory details of those who died.
But on the victims of the ABS-CBN SHOW TRAGEDY,
nothing was focused on them. You must have too short a
memory if you dont remember when those water hoses were
directed to demostrators in Mendiola, and when ABS-CBN
cameras replayed the violence over and over again for days!
When Susan Roces was shouting at the top of her voice a
stupid accusation vs PGMA, ABS-CBN repeated such baseless
explosion countless times, they even used it as station breaks!
Impartiality?
ABS-CBN SHOULD
WAKE UP
If ABS-CBN policymakers have time to read the Bible, it
is repeatedly stated that with the measure you (ABS-CBN)
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February 5, 2006

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32

February 5, 2006

JIMREX JACA ONE SIBULANON WE ARE PROUD OF !

Sibulan policymakers

have yet to mature
in taking criticisms
The test of credible leadership
is for policymakers to be able to
takeconstructivecriticismslightheartedly,professionallyanddevoidof hardfeelings.
Unfortunately, — but understandably, some
Sibulandulyelectedpublicofficialshavenotbeenable
to take public criticisms maturedly in the wakeof
mountingmoralityissuesbeingraisedbySibulanons
themselvesandnotfromsomewhereelse.
For instance, instead of reacting negatively,
Sibulanofficialswhoareledbyamayorwhohasa
lawdegree,withabalanced towncouncilwithequal
representationsprosandcons,andwhosetie-voteis
brokenonlybyapro-administrationvicemayor,should
listentothepeopleand reflect on validissuesraised,
and not destroy, but rebuild what is perceived by
manyasacrumbling stateofpublicmoralitydespite
loudlypublicizedmoralandsaintlyslogans.
Isitnotvalidifpeople,speciallySibulanons, ask
thefollowing?
1. What makes lewd night spots operate and
transferfromDumaguetetoSibulan?Whatare
theincentivesgiventotheoperators?
2. Thatthenewinternet-relatedordinanceshould
requireamonitor(awatcher) ineachinternet
caféandcheckthatkidsandteenagersrefrain
fromsurfingpornographicwebsites.Anything
betterthanthat?
3. Thatthepresenceoftwodrive-inmotelsinthat
smalltownrightnexttothecapitalcityisindicativeofsomethingthatattractsthemtooperateinSibulan.Whatisit?
4. Thatthereshouldbesomemoralitycheck
withintheranksofmunicipalandcasualem-

Poverty: A Political Time Bomb
The War against Poverty (a political bomb) is a race against time.
Unfortunately, the sand in the hourglass is depleting fast – and the pangs of
hunger cannot be borne interminably. Ulcers could set inevitably – and men with
such condition usually have bad temper.

Dateline
Manila
by Bingo
P. Dejaresco

Despite rosy government
economic statistics, Juan de la
Cruz is hungrier and angrier today than he has been the last
20 years or so. That is what
the statistics done last December by a SWS Survey that focused on “self-rated poverty”
rather than “purchasing power
and nutrition since it regards
deprivation as more urgent to
measure than wealth and obesity” revealed.
By February 1, things will
turn for the worse with the
impending increase of the
VAT (Value Added Tax) from
10% to 12%. Filipinos may
not be able to take that after
the GMA government gloated
about the economic good
news in December. It said
the strengthening of the Philippine peso from P56:US$1
to P52:US$1 will improve the
budget deficit to the extent of
less foreign debt to pay, only
for this same government to
raise the VAT from 10% to
12%.
The GMA Government is
set to collect a net additional
VAT of P75-billion by collecting P265-billion VAT in 2006 to
trim the deficit to P125-billion.

The new VAT will certainly raise
prices burdening further the
back of the masses who can
least afford it. Even if 30%, of
the new VAT proceeds will go
to social services in education,
public insurance, environment
and agriculture, it will take time
before the positive benefits
reach the doorstep of Juan.
But Filipinos will feel the
impact of the new VAT immediately as soon as he buys
his food and take the public
transport starting today. Can
the people really take another beating after what the
SWS Survey results in December had to say?
The SWS Survey found out
that close to 20% of Filipino
families are getting hungry everyday: 12.7% (hungry occasionally), 7.4% (hungry moderately) and 3.9% (hungry severely). The self-rated poverty
survey also reveal that 57% of
Filipinos feel they are poor today – a level dangerously similar to the most turbulent year
of the Marcos Regime in 1983.
About 44% of those surveyed said their lives have
deteriorated and the benchmark to go beyond the pov-

erty line is going up in the
GMA Regime to P15,000 per
month in NCR and P10,000
per month in the provinces.
The SWS Tally also showed
that 38% of the employable
women are without jobs, 15%
of men and 48% of youth –
the higher level since 1994.
Where is job creation here?
Professor
Mahar
Mangahas, head of the SWS
said: “bad governance make
people feel bad.” It is in this
context that the Present Dispensation must get worried
about the net satisfaction of
Filipinos over GMA compared
to her predecessors after
Marcos. People may sense
there could be a correlation
between poverty and poor governance as well.
The SWS Survey indicated that Corazon Aquino
started with a +50% (1986)
and ended with +10%, FVR
started with +60% (1992) and
ended with +20% while Joseph Estrada started with
+60% (1998) and ended with
+10% before he was deposed
in 2001. Contrast this, however, with GMAs acceptance
rating of only +20% (2004)

hasitchangedinSibulan?
WeusedtohaveahighregardonSibulan’sduly
electedofficialsknowingthemtobeeducatedenough
as to discern what matters concern the PUBLIC
GOOD. Somehow,itcouldbeover-impression.
YetlikeSolomonintheBible,despitethefactthat
Godgavethiskingandleader, thebestof Wisdom,
Wealth,andPower,intheend,SolomonabusedGod’s
kindnessbyhaving700wivesand300concubines,
mostly of differentbeliefsandcustoms. Hespoiled
hissoldierswithgoldplatedarmorsandshields.And
theresultwas:Israelbecameanostentatiously dividedkingdom,theNorthwithtentribes,allannihilatedlaterbyinvaders, andtheSouthcalledJudah,
whichwascrushedbyBabylon(Iraqtoday)and now
Israel, remainsasthepopularsolitarysingular enemyofhisneighbors.InCebuano,“walaysilingan
sila. “
IstheresomethingincommonbetweenSolomon
andSibulan?
Impressuswithsensibleandcredible answers.
Please.
and plummeting a historic
low of (negative) –30% - the
lowest for any sitting president in the last 19 years or
so.
That probably explains the
recent interminable photo opportunities of the president and
vice president in the poorer
areas and the excessive use of
the “Pacman” to win over
people to unity and any such
language. But are these
enough to stop the dam from
breaking? Will the VAT be the
last straw?
Meanwhile the influential

CBCP (Catholic Bishops
Conference of the Philippines) as expected (with its
new leadership) has taken a
more activist stance. CBCP
has demanded for the truth
on the presidential legitimacy issue and forthrightness in making corrupt officials accountable. How
much can this Government
handle on the growing menu on
its table of

here is too much politics in our
country and it is not doing us any
good.

Too much politics is
the virus that causes a
political disease called
“SAKIT SA LIBOG”,
which presently infects
our country.
It is very difficult
to translate “SAKIT
SA LIBOG” to English. We can only describe some symptoms, to wit: we have
lost our sense of direction; too many
proposed solutions
which do not solve;
dealing with spiritual
problems in political
terms; enriching in
public office is more
paramount than public service; surren-

First Lawn Chess
Championship
open

E

ngr. Jason
Bandal over
came erstwhile tour-nament
leaders Tanjay City’s
handicapped chess star
Jeffrey Alcantara in
the fifth and final
round purging a fourway tie of the championship crown in the recently concluded First
Open Lawn Chess
Championship held at
the Oriental Negros
Lawn Chess Park.
In the final end, after
all tie-breakers were exhausted, Jeffrey Alcantara
emerged as the Firt Open
Lawn Champion, followed by Al Dumalag in
the second place, Engr.
Bandal in the third place,
and Municipality of
Valencia’s pride Jhorwin
Viente in the 4th place.
The said winners were
awarded with trophies
from the Honorable Governor George P. Arnaiz and
equally divided the total
cash purse of P5,00.00
good for the top four placers coming from the sponsoring club patron and cofounder Romeo G.
Capilitan now in Sydney
Australia.

dering to the allures
of money, etc.
The Abueva commission is proposing
what it calls a parliamentary system. However, I believe that what
is being considered to
be proposed is the
“dual-executive” system, in which there is a
President directly
elected by the people,
who is vested with immense political power.
There is another executive called the
Prime Minister who is
chosen by parliament,
also vested with vast
political power. This is
a Marcosian proposal,

BY SALE
TO J. ERAMES
ALETO

a manifestation of
SAKIT SA LIBOG.
SAKIT SA LIBOG
has become very serious with the entry of
church men into the
pernicious fracas
which has attained a
scandalous proportion.
Our only consolation is Bishops know
how to pray. Heaven
watch the Philippines!

Provincial board junks
play-for-loyalty ordi
BY EDWARD L OPEZ
he Sangguniang Panglalawigan outrightly
junked an ordinance of the Bayawan City
Council prohibiting any former team members of any sports team who are presently employed
with the local government to play against the Bayawan
team in any sports competition .

T

Capitol Legal Department
Head Atty. Erwin Vergara declared that the same local ordinance is ultra vires (beyond
their powers) and contrary to
the provisions of the 1987 Constitution, which guarantees
freedom of association and assembly. This includes freedom
where to affiliate in sports
teams.
Presently, the city government maintains a core group of
players who represent the city
in competitions and tournaments within and outside the
city. But there are also former
players who are city-employed
but no longer with the team.
The same players also are
employed and as such they are

HERO’s
Welcome !

expected to remain loyal to the
team they used to represent and
cheer for the team whenever it
plays to boost the morale of the
members.
The city council wanted to
legislate that former team
members and employees cannot and should not be allowed
to play with any other opposing team for the sake of
delicadeza and out of gratitude
to the employer which is the city
government.
The provincial board was
not convinced by the rationale
of the city council members and
without further elaborations, it
junked the ordinance and declared it as invalid, unconstitutional and non enforceable.

JIMREX JACA, Sibulan’s instant world boxing sensation
who won via knockout of Mexican Harry Hernandez in Las
Vegas, returns home with a warm reception by Sibulan
officials and constituents of BolocBoloc, home barrio of
Jimuel Divino, the boxer’s real name.

he Bureau of Customs under a new Commissioner welcomed the new year with the
apprehension of Eight (8) Units Motor Vehicles worth Php 13 Million, misdeclared as Used Agricultural Machineries in two separate container shipments.
Commissioner Napoleon Morales said that the
shipments which were consigned to
GACRAM
TRADING, and PASARAM
TRADING
contained
RIGHT HAND DRIVE
Motor Vehicles banned under R.A. 8506, and of late
Models (2003-2004) described as Toyota Spyder,
Surf, and Klugger, Sports
Cars Honda S2000, Mazda
RX8, Subarru, from Japan.
The commissioner further
revealed that in response to
a request from Interpol about
the status of the shipment,
it was found that all the
banned motor vehicles were
stolen as recorded in Japan.
In his report to the BOC
Commission and to the IEG
Deputy Commission Celso
P. Templo, ESS Dir.
Nestorio B. Gualberto said
that his office alerted the
shipments in question alter
a careful profiling and analytical evaluation by the Operations and Intelligence Office, ESS, led by Maj.
Isabelo A. Tibayan III, of the
import documents and the
derogatory information re-

ceived about the shipment.
Subsequently, the 100%
examination that followed
immediately conducted by
the OIO, ESS Operatives
and the examiner in the presence of the Commissioner
Napoleon Morales, IEG
DepComm Celso P. Templo,
ESS Dir. Nestorio B.
Gualberto and members of
Tri-Media showed that the
shipments actually contained Eight (8) Units of
Right Hand Drive Motor
Vehicles of the late models
contrary to the declaration as
Used
Agricultural
Machinery’s and Equipment
Parts.
Eventually, the Deputy
Commission and the ESS
Director directed and seizure
of the shipments for violation of Sec. 2530 f & 1 (3,
4, & 5) of the TCCP, as
amended in relation with
Sec. 2503, thereof, and R.A.
8506, law banning the importation of right hand drive
motor vehicles, and for lack
of prior BIS authority to import.
On his part, Commissioner Morales ordered the

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the
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by law. You may avail of our 20% discount
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15, 2006.
Thank you for your continued patronage.

Pity the Little Children

T

here is no sight as beautiful as that of a happy
child – sparkling with life, full of laughter, beam
ing with innocence.
———————

Conversely, there is nothing
more painful to the eyes and to the
caring human hearts than that of
an undernourished child, her body
ravaged by disease, her countenance bears the mark of hopelessness.
———————
It is said that when a child
dies she goes straight to heaven
for she is God’s favored blessing to the world that should anchor its humanity on the pure,
untarnished goodness and innocence of a child.
———————
Unfortunately, this pure, innocent, lovable human being has, in
many parts of the world today including this beloved country of
ours, been relegated to the realm
of parental, societal and government neglect – sometimes even
subjected to manipulation and
abuse.
———————
Up in the highlands I was
told that many small children of
school age go to school without breakfast. They walk kilometers to attend classes chew sugarcane and eat guavas along the
way for breakfast. During corn
planting seasons many of these
children are prevented by their
parents to attend classes to
keep watch the fields against
chickens and other marauders.
———————
Down here in our cities have
you ever experienced eating your
hamburger or pizza pie while being watched by hungry, pathetic
eyes of children behind those

glasses that separate you from
them? The glasses separate you
– yes – but those hungry looks
penetrate the glasses.
———————
In our predominantly Catholic Philippines the month of
January is the month for children – with the child Jesus – the
Santo Niño – high up in the pedestal for all to see, for all to pay
homage to, for all to receive the
radiating tender loving goodness that only the Child can
give.
———————
What have we been doing for
the children of this land? Plenty.
But unfortunately not enough. Nevertheless let me focus on one shining moment in our efforts.
———————
As the month for the Santo
Niño was about to end last January 30 and 31, as Vice Chair of
the Provincial Council for the
Welfare of Children (PCWC) I
was privileged to represent Gov.
George P. Arnaiz to receive, for
and behalf of the Province, regional and national awards in
Cebu City and Manila, respectively.
———————
It may be recalled that the Philippine Government has implemented in pilot areas consisting of
Regions 7, 6, and 12 the Early
Childhood Development (ECD)
Project funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB). The project is
jointly administered by the Department of Social Work and Development, Department of Education,

by: Art
Umbac

Department of Health, and the
Council for the Welfare of Children.
———————
In both the regional and national levels, the Province of
Oriental Negros was recognized
and awarded as Best Performing Province “for its exemplary
implementation of the complete
package of ECD services.” The
City of Dumaguete was likewise
awarded as Best Performing
LGU in the regional and national
levels.
———————
It was a banner year of
achievements for the Province and
its LGUs. Five LGUs namely:
Ayungon under Mayor Edcel
Enardecido, Bacong under Mayor
Rodolfo Yee; Bindoy, under Mayor
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Valente Yap; Dumaguete
under13

First David, then his family, then a nation
“O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of
you——O Absalom, my son, my son!” 18:33

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ins: many people think of them as minor wrong activities. If you
commit too many, you may get caught and punished. However,
one or two here and there won’t make a big difference.

The Bible views sins more as cancer cells. One or two here and there do
make a difference— often the difference between life and death. Because cancer cells grow, multiply, and take over, major surgery may be needed to save
your life.
Second Samuel 11:20 reads like a history of a spreading cancer. In the beginning, David was on top of the world —and so was Israel. The civil war was over,
the land was at peace, and Israel was entering unprecedented prosperity. God
had promised to ensure David’s descendants a continuous reign forever. What
more could David hope for? The rest of life appeared as one long celebration.
The Cancer Grows
That celebration never began. One night David caught a glimpse of
Bathseba’s beautiful, naked body, and impulsively sent for her. The coverup
required a murder. Nobody could deny it was an ugly business: even David
admitted it when Nathan confronted him. However, it was soon over. He repented. He married Bathseba. He did not intend to fall to that temptation again.
But the consequences of the sin were far from over. Unknown to David,
cancer was growing in his own household. David’s oldest son Amnon had an
eye for women too. He tricked his half-sister, Tamar into his bedroom, then
raped her. Afterwards, filled with disgust, he threw her out.
David was furious. But, maybe because he felt his own sin had robbed him
of moral authority, he did nothing to punish his son. According to the law
(Leviticus 18:9, 29), Amnon deserved exile, but he got off free. David apparently wanted the matter forgotten. (Next: A Cold-Blooded Character)

Eucharistic culture

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FR. ROY
CIMAGALA
natural. They also acquire a
supernatural value and possess salvific effects.
The sacraments, instituted by Christ himself, make
sure that Christ’s redeeming
presence and action are perfectly applied on us, no matter how imperfectly one’s
correspondence to these realities may be. This is how
much Christ’s love for us is!
In Church, language, the
effects of the sacraments are
carried out “ex opere operato,”
that is, by the mere fact that the
sacrament is administered.
This is due to Christ’s power,
and not so much our capability,
although the better our dispositions to receive them are, the
better the affects also would be
in us.
These, of course, are
truths of faith, and can only
be best appreciated when
one handles them with faith..
They are based, among other

HESE past few days, I had the occasion to give
first communion to two batches of little boys and
girls. Doing so always gives me great joy, because
I know that with that a Christian faithful, even if still very
young, immerses himself more to the sacramental life that
Christian life prominently is.
The sacraments, and the whole liturgical life of the Church
for that matter, are essential to any Christian believer. With the
sacraments and the active participation in the Church’s liturgy,
one’s life is mysteriously but effectively hitched with that of Christ.
One is not left on his own. All his thoughts, desires and
actions, as long as they conform to God’s will, that is, done
with faith and love, and no matter how mundane, become
also the thoughts, desires and actions of Christ.
These thoughts, desires and actions are not only one’s own,
but become his and Christ’s. They are not simply human and
things, on what our Lord
himself said:
“I myself am the living
bread come down from heaven.
If anyone eats this bread he
shall live forever. The bread I
give is my flesh for the life of
the world.” (Jn 6,51)
These words should be
made to reverberate more
loudly and more often if not
always in every Christian
faithful’s ears, heart and
mind. They remind us of the
rich supernatural reality that
also governs us but which
we tend to take for granted.
What would greatly help in
this respect is when we consciously develop what may be
called as a Eucharistic culture,
a kind of mentality accompanied by appropriate practices
that give due recognition to the
importance of the Eucharist.
The Eucharist is the body
and blood of Christ. It contains Christ’s real presence.

As such, it is supposed to be
the greatest treasure we can
have here on earth.
With this realization, it is
also very logical to consider it
as the center and root of our
spiritual life, the source and
summit of the Church’s life. It
is what builds our Christian life
and our Church.
Being the sacrament of
the real presence of Christ,
the fullness of Christian revelation, it is easy to understand why, as the Catechism
teaches, the Eucharist is the
summary of our faith.
Thus, every time we avail
ourselves of the sacrament, we
should be aware also of the invitation to live in accordance to
the spirit of the Eucharist, the
spirit of Christ himself.
The Eucharistic culture

ome years ago,
when I was in
seminary,
the
phrase often repeated was
the cost of discipleship. It
originated from a prison in
Germany during World War
II. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, imprisoned by Hitler, proclaimed the truth that while
the grace of God is overflowing, it is not quite free;
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t one level, Jesus lives a very ordinary
life. He does the sorts of things that
e
v
eryone else has to do. But He is also
a man on a mission and He uses every opportunity at His disposal to fulfill this call. He makes
a courtesy call to the mother-in-law of Peter but
takes the opportunity to heal her of her illnesses.
He prays like the person next to him, but finds
throngs of people seeking him out to the extent that He has to be constantly on the move.

On leaving the synagogue he entered the
house of Simon and Andrew with James and
John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He
approached, grasped her hand, and helped her
up. Then the fever left her and she waited on
them. When it was evening, after sunset, they
brought to him all who were ill possessed by
demons. The whole town was gathered at the
door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons,
not permitting them to speak because they knew
him. Rising very early before dawn, he left and
went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.
Simon and those who were with him pursued
him and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.” He told them, “Let us go on to the
nearby villages that I may preach there also. For
this purpose have I come.”
So he went into their synagogues, preaching
and driving out demons throughout the whole
by Dr. PROCESO UDARBE of Galilee.

HISTORICAL NOTES

5 FEBRUARY 1906

BY: REV. FR. ROMAN C. SAGUN. J R.

hundred years ago, on 5 February 1906,
an election was held for Governor of
Negros Oriental. The gubernatorial candidates
were Ramon Pastor of the Catholic party and Hermenigildo
Villanueva whose party was supported by the incumbent,
Gov. Demetrio Larena.
The next day, advocates of Ramon Pastor protested the
election. Since then, rumors circulated that the Governor General annulled the election results, according to the Catholic
newspaper Nuevo Heraldo of Iloilo.
A month later, the newspaper Cablenews American of
Manila soberly said that the “confirmation (was) held up
because of charges of fraud in voting.”
“The enemies of Bishop Rooker are again trying to involve
him in difficulties in Negros Island in connection this time with
the provincial elections,” it added. “They claim that he is responsible for the suspension of the confirmation of the new
governor, Villanueva. The authorities here have denies the
assertion however.”
After several months, on 8 May 1906, Gov. Gen. Henry
C. Ide issued the Executive Order, No. 26, stating among
other things that it was Judge Charles H. Smith who investigated the facts. In his report, Judge Smith recommended
“that the election of Señor Villanueva be not confirmed and
that a new election be ordered.” (This recommendation, of
course, did reach the ears of the Catholic supporters of
Señor Pastor, like Fray Paulino Jimenez of Nueva Valencia.)
Among the grounds for protest were: (1) Villanueva “was
an unfit person to hold the office, based largely upon the fact
that several years ago he had been convicted of a breach of
the peace and sentenced to pay a small fine”; (2) “some of the
electors who voted for Señor Villanueva were disqualified by
reason of not being of the age of majority”; (3) “certain of the
remaining electors ... were ill and that their eyes were affected
so that it was difficult for them to write”; (4) some of the electors
were delinquent in the payment of taxes.”
After a rather “careful examination” of these protests,
Gov. Gen. Henry C. Ide so ordered “Señor Villanueva ... be
declared elected, and his election is confirmed,” though it
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Gov. Demetrio Larena
was hotly contested.
Commenting on this close contest,
noted historian Michael Cullinane in
his book Illustrado Politics (2003)
states that his “confirmation, however,
was delayed due to a complicated protest involving Villanueva”s strong antagonism to the Catholic Church (Manila Times, 10 March and 11 May
1906)”.
Cullinane further states that
Villanueva was a “youthful protege”
of the incumbent, Gov. Demetrio
Larena. More than that, he was the
husband of the Governor’s eldest
daughter, Asuncion de la Peña,
whose marriage had taken place in
Dumaguete on 30 May 1901.

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therefore should vitally
correspond to these truths,
generating the appropriate
attitudes and practices that
should characterize all aspects of our lives—personal, family, social, professional, political, etc.
All these may sound, at the
moment, too fantastic to be
made real. But such impression or reaction cannot erase
the objective reality about this
Eucharist.
I think that the earlier we
can reconcile ourselves
more fully to these truths,
the better for all of us.
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The approved budget for the contract is to be taken from the
General Fund. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
In order to qualify, bidders should conform to the eligibility
criteria as prescribed under Sec. 23.11 of the IRR-A of R.A. 9184.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding
procedures using non-discretionary “pass/fail” criteria as specified
in the IRR-A of R.A. 9184. As such non-submission of the required
documents will result in the disqualification of the bidder.
All other particulars relative to the procurement process shall
be govern by the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9184
otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bid documents can be obtained at the BAC Secretariat c/o
Office of the City Mayor or Office of the City General Services, this
city, Tel. Nos. (035) 402-3182, or 402-8115 anytime during offices
hours; and can also be inquired for further information or particulars.
The bidders shall drop their duly accomplished eligibility, technical, and financial documents each in separate sealed envelopes
duly marked as such in the bid box at the Conference Room at the
Office of the City Mayor on February 15, 2006 at 1:30 P.M. at which
place, date and time said envelopes shall be opened in the presence of the members of the BAC, the attending bidders, the observers, or their duly authorized representative. Late bids shall not be
accepted.
The City Government of Bais reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids
at anytime prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any
liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

NOTICE is hereby given
that the heirs of the late
Jose Olasiman have filed
and executed a Declaration
of Heirship of a cetain Real
Estate and Sale on Lot 5686
covered by KOT Blg. FV38025 in favor of Myrna
vincoy-Agub as notarized
by Atty. Gonzalo D. Banlat,
Notary Public, under Doc.
232, Page No. 48, Book No.
XVI, series of 2003
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Jan. 22, 29 & Feb. 5, 2006

MY JOURNEY WITH CANCER

Nothing, but a tiny weed...

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small seed lay expectantly on the soft mound of

brown earth. She wonders what she will be like
when she grows up. She looks around her and she finds
a beautiful blooming rose. “ Oh, I don’t want to be like you. You are
pretty , but look at you! You re full of thorns! How can you live like
that?. At the distance she sees a stately Pine tree. She sighs. “
You are tall but pretentious. I don’t want to be like you either. I
can’t get a good look at the other plants around me.” Then she
looks up and meets the bamboo, tall, pliant and agreeable. “ You’re
too flexible. It seems like you don’t have any backbone at all.”
Then days passed by into months, as the seed grows, she realizes
that she is nothing , but a TINY WEED!
It is human to be imperfect and it is easy to find these imperfections

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in others. To condemn someone
is the easiest task to do. It doesn’t
require a Degree. We don’t have
to be someone else to make others feel so low or incapable of doing anything worthwhile. Others
feel that when they criticize someone, they grow a little bit taller or
better than the victim.
As we go through our respective journeys, discouragement sits at every corner of the
road. Depression settles like
a dark cloud, especially when
pain and fear come. They are
out to dampen our day. They
are like pebbles scattered indiscriminately on our paths. Those
who are proactive become the
target. And those who sit and
watch feel safe.
But what if everytime we are
tempted to CRITICIZE, we think
of PRAISE? Let us ask ourselves,
is there anything good with our local leaders? Is there any improvement in our city streets? Do we
see the faithfulness of those who

have been serving the government or private offices , the
schools, in business firms, who
have been there for many years?
Do we have recognition for clerks,
janitors, cafeteria workers, road
workers or sales ladies or even
traffic aides? What about those
good and well meaning policemen
who risk their lives everyday? Our
attrention is easily drawn to more
visible and successful individuals.
But what about those whose faces
are marred by sweat and dirt serving humanity? Whose skin has
been burned and scorched by the
heat of the sun? Those whose
faithfulness in their service have
gone unnoticed? We cannot enjoy a nice good road if no one will
ever work in the streets. We cannot buy fresh vegetables, meat,
or fish if no one prepares them for
our convenience. These people
may not have the Ph.D.s, or masters degrees or even a single degree. They are ordinary people
who contribute daily to the most

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basic needs of man. If we cannot
give them a bag of gold, or a
simple plaque of appreciation, can
we give them a warm pat at the
back, and tell them how valuable
they are?
Thank God that He silently
watches over His people, He
does not require a dress code,
or success, or accomplishments when we seek audience
before Him. He sees the heart
and acknowledges the faithful
and the silent worker apart from
the world’s standards.
Someone wrote, “if you do
good things, and someone criticizes you, do good anyway. If you
build relationships and others destroy them, continue to build anyway. If you love, and others say
you may not get love in return, just
love anyway. If you serve, and
they say you’re just doing it for
selfish reasons, do serve anyway.”

February 5, 2006
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF NEGROS ORIENTAL
7th Judicial Region
BRANCH 37
Dumaguete City
SPEC. PROC. NO. 4376
FOR: ADOPTION
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF MINOR ZENNETH
JANE DELLATAN, WITH PETITION FOR THE RETENTION
OF HER CHRISTIAN NAME AND CHANGE
OF HER SURNAME FROM DELLATAN TO
TANAKA AS LEGAL CONSEQUENCE OF
ADOPTION
KINYU TANAKA,
Petitioner.
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ORDER
In a verified petition, petitioner, Kinyu Tanaka, a Japanese
national, married to a Filipino and a resident of El Pueblo
Genovevo Subdivision, Candau-ay, Dumaguete City, is seeking
to adopt minor Zenneth Jane Dellatan.
He alleged that he is married to the former Emily Dellatan
with whom he has two (2) children, Julia and Kent Vincent, both
surnamed Tanaka; that his wife has a love child, herein subject
of this adoption proceeding , born out of wedlock and who lives
with the petitioner and her natural mother and siblings since
their marriage in year 2000 up to the present. He also alleged
that he possesses all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to adopt the minor, Zenneth Jane Dellatan.
Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and in substance,
let the petition be set for hearing on 27 February 2006 at 9:00
o’clock in the morning , at the session hall of this Court, requiring all interested parties to appear on said date, time and place
and to show cause, if any, why this petition should not be
granted.
The social worker of this Court is hereby directed to conduct a social case study, prepare and submit a child and home
study report on the prospective adopter, Kinyu Tanaka and on
the subject of this adoption proceedings.
Furnish a copy of this Order to the Solicitor General.
SO ORDERED.
Given this 8 th day of December, 2005 in the City of
Dumaguete, Philippines.
(Sgd.) FE LUALHATI D. BUSTAMANTE
Acting Presiding Judge
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DECLARATION OF
HEIRSHIP PARTITION
AND SALE
NOTICE is hereby given
that the heirs of the late
IRENEO BALLILO have filed
and executed a Declaration of
Heirship Partition on Lot No.
2157, Pls 759, with OCT No.
FV- 6075, situated at Lipayo,
Dauin, Neg. Or., and Sale on
Lot No. 2157-B, with an area
of 2,419 sq.m., in favor to
Lorna Hartmann and Gemma
Haspel per Doc. No. 176, Page
No. 37, Book No. III, Series of
1998 of Notary Public Atty.
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Sunday ...
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for it cost the very life of the Son
of God. At the center of the cost of
discipleship is, of course, the cross;
and there is a dark side to it.
Bonhoeffer’s famous sentence was:
“Come to Jesus Christ and die.”
While the cross has its dark
side, I suggest we reflect on the radiance of the cross too: its joy, its ecstasy. And we find in it the manifestations of the fruit of the Holy Spirit:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, and selfcontrol.” (Galatians 5:21-22).
Some who have pondered
these words rightly say that three
of these virtues apply to one’s relationship with himself; three to one’s
relationship with others; and three to
our relationship with God.
For our meditation today, let us
focus our thoughts on one from each
of the triads. All three, I suggest, are
of supreme value with respect to the
radiance of our lives by the leading
of the Holy Spirit.
Let us begin with the fruit of
the Holy Spirit that applies to the way
we relate with ourselves. In a way of
speaking, we owe it to ourselves that
we have the gift of joy. It was Mahatma Gandhi who said that he was
attracted to Christ but not to many
Christians, for there was no joy in
their faces. A great jurist said: “I might
have entered the ministry if some
clergymen I know don’t look and act
like undertakers.” On the other hand,
the great scholar, C.S. Lewis, had a
book, Surprised By Joy, which describes his new-found joy as a follower of Jesus. And do you realize
that we often get to know the richness of joy in unlikely places – an
orphanage, a hospital, at a vigil service where joy is a celebration of life
in the midst of grief? For joy is possible even in pain. The Book of
Psalms abounds in calls to us to appropriate for ourselves the joy of the
Lord.
Remember that on Jesus’ last
night with his disciples, when they
were already saddened by the words
of Jesus that he would die the next
day, he said to them: “I have told you
these things that my joy may be in
you and that your joy should be complete.” (John 15:11). (To be continued)

MUMBAKI

The power of opinion

O

pinion writing is indeed a great and wonderful
experience as one reaches a plateau in his writ
ing career and is able to see through and live in
the lives of others as the opportunity likewise allows him to
embrace a very complex evil world, and yet learn to mature
in beliefs and faith.
In my very young career of
opinion writing, an awesome sensation of fulfillment envelopes me
whenever I meet ordinary people
in the streets giving words of encouragement prompting me to persevere even when many would
have chosen to take the convenient road of cowering in fear under a developing atmosphere of
political repression and discrimination. They are the same ordinary
citizens who also give whispers of
endearment that powers my resolve to sharpen the God-given
and purposeful skill of opinion writing. And more heartening is the fact
that even those who entertain opposite views would express a worthy contradiction.
However, I also discovered
that having an ability to formulate opinions and venture into
the undiscovered world would
be a nullity without a heart that
livens the words, and a spirit
that giveth true meaning, worthy
for deep thoughts. No wonder
wise men say: “Speak from the
heart!”. Thus, a person may
have all the great thoughts in the
world, but if he is not blessed
with a heart that grants him the
burning desire to express them
in words, those great thoughts
will remain as dreams like blowing bubbles flying in the air. They
fly high and wide, and fade
away. One aspect that I learned
in Opinion-making is that it is a
struggle of learning the art of
relinquishment and sharing the
views of tomorrow which seem
to be in opposite direction of the

A verified petition having been filed by petitioner through counsel and it appearing that the same is sufficient in form and substance,
set the hearing on this case on FEBRUARY 21, 2006 at 8:30 in the
morning at the Session Hall of this Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch
45, Bais City, inviting any interested person to appear on said hearing
and to show cause why the petition shall not be granted. Let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province
of Negros Oriental and the Cities of Bayawan, Dumaguete, Tanjay, Bais
and Canlaon once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks
before the date of hearing. Furnish copy of this Order to the Local
Civil Registrar of Bais City and to the Office of the Solicitor General
with address at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City.
SO ORDERED.
Bais City, Philippines, October 26, 2005.
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Jan. 29, Feb. 5 & 12, 2006

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views of today. It begins with an
experience of loneliness and in
fact appears to be a losing
proposition, but when events
unfold and verify the opinion as
factual and true, there is a sensational feeling of gaining
ground and enjoying the triumphant drum-beats of conquest.
In opinion writing, I was able
to see how, indeed, things are almost up-side down. Telling a lie is
truth; people being too dependent
on government for food, shelter
and clothing is freedom; corrupters are dignified and glorified in
many social and official functions;
The rich sit at the feasting table;
wealth is equivalent to success no
matter where the source is; those
who are socially influential are
held up as deserving of respect
and emulation; the cheaters win
and cheered upon. Such and
many more are the prevailing values of a carnal world. But when
human mortality is seen from the
perspective of eternity as the
HOLY WRITINGS declare: the
humble is exalted; servanthood is
glorified; despised minority like the
Samaritans are held up for their exemplary behavior; those that the
law demands to be punished are
forgiven; the poor are called
blessed and the strong are weak;
Sinners rather than the righteous
are justified as salvation is for the
former not the latter; the prodigal
son is welcomed with an elaborate
feast.
Many of the readers of
“Mumbaki” had time and again
commented that my writing style
had changed lately. It transformed
from
political
bombastics to spiritual calmness, but they are quick to add
that it is now a mind-quizzer and

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augers deep into the individuality and mortality of the reader.
And though it is calm, it is fervent and assiduous. It is at this
point that I made a new discovery. This world has become upside down because we have
separated our physical world
from the concept of eternity. We
have separated governance
from spirituality. Therefore, may
our prayer be that our desire for
nation building, individual
safety, security and respect be
transformed by the adventure of
our Faith in the All-knowing and
Omnipotent God that teaches us
to take the risks of social rejection but leads to true life and divine justice for all. Then this
world will be a better place to
live in and to enjoy its temporary
comforts and provisions. It is
also then that we are elevated
as citizens of the Kingdom
rather than of a Country. Let me
end by a passage found in Romans 13:7 – “Give everyone
what you owe him; if you owe
taxes, pay taxes; if revenue then
revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor”. My
beloved readers, is this just an
opinion?

ORDER
A verified petition for the Issuance of Second Owner’s Duplicate
of Transfer Certificate of Title No. 11157 in lieu of the lost one has been
filed with this Court by Dumaguete First Baptist Church, Incorporated
represented by Robeleo P. Padernal , through counsel, praying that
after hearing, an Order be issued declaring the first owner’s duplicate
copy of TCT No. 11157 covering Lot No. 261-A which was lost as null
and void and of no force and effect; Ordering the City Register of
Dumaguete City to issue a second owner’s copy of TCT No. 11157
covering Lot No. 261-A, which shall in all respects be entitled to the
same faith and credit as the former duplicate copy.
Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let the
petition be heard at the Session Hall of this Court on March 7, 2006 at
8:30 o’clock in the morning at which time and date any interested person may appear and show cause why the prayers in the petition should
not be granted.
Let a copy of this Order be published in the Province of Negros
Oriental and its component cities once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.
The Sheriff of this Court is hereby directed to post this Order in
three (3) conspicuous places and in the place where the land is located.
SO ORDERED.
Dumaguete City, Philippines, January 12, 2006.
The Negros Chronicle
Jan. 29, Feb. 5 & 12, 2006

(Sgd.) GERARDO A. PAGUIO, JR.
Presiding Judge

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February 5, 2006

The LETTERMEN

New City Assessor

YMCA President

Julius RICARDO

Anatacio LLENA

The LETTERMEN in Cebu, Manila and Davao. Only one, Tony Butala (center), is the original of the
three while the new ones are Donovan Tea (left) and Mark Preston (right). They reminisced college
love songs in the 60s and brought baby boomers back to memory lane. Tony Butala said that when
couples hear them sing, the population suddenly rises. Joke or not, their love songs still captivate
the young and old lovers at heart.

Productive Newsmen

Neil Rio, newscaster at Fil Products Cable TV Channel 6 poses with his wife Lyn and their
first set of twins namely Neilyn Grace with Lyn and Neilyn Joy with Neil. Kudos !
At right foto is another productive newsman, Edmund Sestoso of NUJP and free lance
news writer with the CHRONICLE proudly poses with his wife Lourdes as they mark the
first birthday of their eldest daughter Ella Bernadette. Congratulations !

High prices? ...
From page 1

cost of electricity
among end- consumers.
Thus, the rebates, and the
virtual respite of electric
consumers from paying high
electric rates.

The Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative (NORECO 1)
based in Bindoy town has reduced its electric rates by
P1.039 per kilowatt-hour for
the month of January 2006.
This developed after the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
passed Resolution No. 1165
appropriating more than P2M

F

resh from his stint as
administrative of
ficer of the city
engineer’s Office, Julius
Ricardo has been appointed
as the OIC of the City
Assessor’s
Office
of
Dumaguete whose job is to
keep an active record of land
use in the city.
He started as a clerk at the
city treasurer’s office, and rose to
city administrative officer at the
city engineer’s office.
He took over Assessor John
Larot who retired from the service.
He is married to the former
Erlinda Callora with whom he has
three children.

to NORECO 1 as its share of the
royalty tax paid by NAPOCOR and
PNOC to the provincial government
for the year 2004.
NORECO 1 received approximately P2,736,000, says NORECO
1 Public Relations Officer Joie
Dagonton. It will be effected in the
January billing.
Meanwhile, the Philippine In-

formation Agency will hold a
Kapihan sa PIA forum in Bais
City on January 8, 2006 in connection with the upcoming
NORECO 1 district elections.
The forum will serve not
only as a venue to discuss issues related to the conduct of
the district elections but also an
awareness drive on energy conservation. (RMN)

Probation Officer leads
YMCA Negros Or.

M

sgr. Merlin T. Logronio,
President of the Negros Oriental Network of NGOs
(NEGORNET), inducted the Officers and
Members of the 2006 Board of Trustees of
the YMCA of Negros Oriental, yesterday,
January 28, 2006 at 6:30 PM at the YMCA
Conference Hall, Dumaguete City.
Sworn were the following Officers and
Members of the 2006 Board of Trustees:
President – Atanacio C. Llena; 1st Vice-President – Dr. Rafael C. Lagahit; 2 nd Vice-President
– Engr. Armando G. Perdiguerra; Corporate Secretary – Farley B. Villariza; Treasurer – Rufino
W. Sun, Jr. II; Asst. Treasurer – Rafael K.
Gadiane; and Auditor – Jesus B. Caingcoy.
Board Members are Mayor Amor A.
Baldado, Dr. Alfredo G. Maturan, Burtlan I.
Partosa and Rufino F. Sun, Jr.
YMCA President Tanny Llena joined the
YMCA Movement in 1968 when he attended as
one of the delegates to the First YMCA Provincial Student Conference sponsored by the
YMCA Negros Oriental Branch.
During the YMCA Induction Ceremonies
and Recognition Program, YMCA Service
Awards were presented to outstanding YMCA
leaders led by Santiago V. Villarin, the 2005
YMCA Silver Triangle Service Awardee, and
Clarita D. Maypa, the 2005 YMCA Worker of
the Year. New YMCA Life Members were also
sworn in on this same occasion. (Sgd. Greg G.
Fernandez Jr, YMCA General Secretary)

FOR SALE: Japanese House & Lot

KITCHEN

Mufffet Dolar Ville
illeg
Muf
gas

WORKS
NEW W
ORKS
are now on display at Business Atrium

Silliman Ave., Dgte. City or visit our website at www.businessatrium.com/art

Painting Classes: Every 2nd and last Saturday of the month.
3:00 – 500 pm at Business Atrium For inquiries call or text 09205682171

ayor Perdices’ jokes never fail to make me laugh
and I have always admired his sense of humor of
which he has plenty. Anybody who knows him
personally knows what I mean. I suppose that is what endears
him to many people.
I just came across a news item which said and I quote,
“Perdices said the coming in of big malls will not kill the small
businesses because competition is always for the benefit of the
consumers.*JG “ as quoted by cable TV newsman Choy Gallarde.
I can’t help but treat this as another of his jokes as we know
pretty well that large malls like SM, Robinson’s and Lee Plaza
will eventually kill the small businesses around it. We know of
course that these malls can always sell cheaper thereby killing
the small business. That’s what competition is all about. But
progress does have its casualties.
What we really should be happy about is that at last we are
now seeing our city expand its horizons, in spite of our brand of
city government. Have a nice day!

Pity the ...
From page 7
Mayor Agustin Perdices; La
Libertad, under Mayor Jocelyn S.
Limkaichong; and Manjuyod under Mayor Amor Baldado received Regional awards as
achievers.
———————
Completing the harvest of
awards were five (5) Best Service Providers, namely:
1. Lilibeth Bulabon, Rural
Health Midwife, La Libertad;
2. Florencia Catada, Day
Care Worker, Dumaguete City;
3. Cherry Teves, Child
Development Worker, Ayungon;
4. Meriam Demecillo, Day
Care Mother, Dumaguete City;
and
5. Katherine Sedillo,
Grade1 Teacher, Canlaon City.
Florencia Catada and
Meriam Demecillo, both of
Dumaguete City, were recognized as National Awardees.
———————
Back to the question. What
has government done for the
little children of this land? We
have – and are still doing a lot
– but compared to the magnitude of our concerns we still
have a long way to go. The key
to these efforts are the local
Government Units (LGUs).

accountability?
The GMA Government, per
survey, got a –4% rating from Filipinos with respect to issues of corruption, crime and inflation (poorer
compared to Erap’s time). Clearly
the issues of public perception of
bad governance and the reality of
hunger will pester the GMA Administration the next months.
The strengthening of the
peso has now created its feared
backlash: exporters are now losing after quoting prices based
on P55:US$1 to their buyers.
OFW families (of the 10 million
working abroad) are now receiving less pesos for their dollars
because of the peso appreciation. How many Filipinos are affected?
Definitely, the race for political
survival due to the economic crisis and that of legitimacy is becoming more intense by the day.
It will not be the crooked politicians
or the messianic military men who
could turn the tide of history. It
could be the teeming suffering
masses.
Preachers have blessed being poor as a beatitude to be rewarded with the kingdom of
heaven. The rich is hard up to
enter Heaven as a camel to enter the eye of a needle. The only
difference is the rich has the
wherewithal to tailor-make a
needle whose eye can fit a
camel. What has the poor got?

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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS
Dumaguete City

VACANT POSITIONS
ELEMENTARY LEVEL
1.1 DepEd, Region VII, 2) DepEd, Division of
Dumaguete City; 3) Education Supervisor I-SG-21, Item
Nos. OSEC-DECSB-ES1-510054-2005; 510055-2005:
510056-2005; 510057-2005; 510058-2005;510059-2005;
510060-2005;510061-2005; 510062-2005; 4) Qualification
– Masters degree in Education or its equivalent; 5) Experience: 2 years as Principal II, 1 year as Principal I; 5)
Eligibility: LET/PBET/TCHRS EXAM. (PRC License/PRC
Certification).
(Sgd.) DR. CARMELITA T. DULANGON
Schools Division Superintendent
The Negros Chronicle
Feb. 5, 2006
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province: Oriental Negros
City/Municipality: Dumaguete City
NO
TICE OF PUBLICA
TION
NOTICE
PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice
is hereby served to the public that AURORA T. TAYKO-ALAMA
has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name
from “ELPIDIO JR.” to “ELPIDIO” in the birth certificate of
ELPIDIO ALAMA JR. who was born on November 16, 1951 at
Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental and whose parents are LEON
ALAMA and ELISABETH ZAMORA.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
his written opposition with this Office not later than 20 February 2006.
The Negros Chronicle
Feb. 5 & 12, 2006

February 5, 2006
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
7th Judicial Region
Branch 45
Bais City
Special Proceeding No. B-05-22
IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTING
THE ENTRY OF THE MARRIAGE
CONTRACT IN THE OFFICE OF
THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
OF BAIS CITY, NEGROS ORIENTAL,
ARLENE TORRES RUFO, Represented
by Her father CRISPULO TORRES,
Petitioner,
– versus –
APOLONIA P. BACTOL in her
Capacity as the LOCAL CIVIL
REGISTRAR of Bais City.
Negros Oriental,
Respondent.
x——————————————————/

ORDER
A verified petition having been filed by petitioner through counsel and it appearing that the same is sufficient in form and substance,
set the hearing on this case on FEBRUARY 27, 2006 at 8:30 in the
morning at the Session Hall of this Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch
45, Bais City, inviting any interested person to appear on said hearing and to show cause why the petition shall not be granted. Let this
Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Negros Oriental and the Cities of Bayawan, Dumaguete, Tanjay,
Bais and Canlaon once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks
before the date of hearing. Furnish copy of this Order to the Local
Civil Registrar of Bais City and to the Office of the Solicitor General
with address at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City.
SO ORDERED.
Bais City, Philippines, October 18, 2005.
The Negros Chronicle
Feb. 5, 12 & 19, 2006

Tel. No. 422-2361
“Ideal haven for visitors to unwind in a
specious place away from home”

Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
7th Judicial Region
HALL OF JUSTICE BUILDING
E.J. Blanco Drive, Piapi, Dumaguete City
EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
(Under Act 3135, as amended)
RURAL BANK OF SIATON, NEGROS
ORIENTAL,
Mortgagee,
– versus –
SPS. QUERUBIN BAEL AND PLACIDA
BAEL for themselves and CECILIA BAEL
AND REUEL BAEL,
Mortgagors.
x—————————————————————/
NO
TICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SALE
NOTICE
Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135/1508
filed by Cooperative Bank of Negros Oriental against Sps.
Querubin Bael and Placida Bael for themselves and Cecilia Bael
and Reuel of Buñao, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 24, 2006
amounts to NINE HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED SIX PESOS & 30/100 (P924,806.30), excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the
undersigned or his duly authorized deputies will sell at public
auction on March 22, 2006 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning to
3:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Hall of Justice, E.J. Blanco
Drive, Piapi, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to the highest
bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippines Currency the following property with all its improvements to wit:
TRANSFER CER
TIFICA
TE OF TITLE NO
CERTIFICA
TIFICATE
NO.. 21628

“A parcel of registered residential lot together with all the
buildings and all existing improvements thereon situated at
Buñao, Dumaguete City it being Lot 1779-B-2-B of the subdivision plan, Psd-07-017692, being a portion of Lot 1779-B-2-B,
Psd-07-016998. Bounded on the NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 1779B-2-B-6; on the SE., along lines 4-5-6 by Lot 1779-B-2-B-10 (Road
Right of Way), along line 6-1 by Lot 1779-B-2-B-10, all of the
subdivision plan; on the SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 1792,
Dumaguete Cadastre; on the NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 1779-A
(LRC) Psd-106288. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED
THIRTY EIGHT (338) SQUARE METERS declared per Tax Declaration No. 93-015-0141 with an assessed value of P6,760.00.
IMPROVEMENTS: Consist of one (1) unit Residential House
declared per Tax Declaration No. 93-0151042. Provided, that said residential
building shall be covered with a sufficient insurance coverage payable to the
Rural Bank of Siaton, Inc. in case of loss.
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on
the above-stated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the
said date, shall be held on March 29, 2006 without further notice.
Dated this 31st day of January 2006 in the City of Dumaguete,
Philippines.
(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIA L. BULADO
Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Sheriff
By: (Sgd.) WILFRED B. PYPONCO
Sheriff IV & Executing Sheriff
The Negros Chronicle
Feb. 5, 12 & 19, 2006

ormer President of the Rotary Club
of Dumaguete and former chairman
of the Silliman University Church
Council and Board of Elders, Ramon Ponce
de Leon, 70, was interred yesterday afternoon
at the Dumaguete Memorial Park.
This followed after a funeral service at the
Silliman University Church of which he was an active leader and elder.
De Leon, also an active civic leader succumbed
to a lingering ailment last February 1 . Aside from
his church positions, he was also former delegate
to the Negros District Conference of the Silliman
University Church.
He is survived by his wife Catherine Kho
Ponce de Leon; children Ma Farah P. de Asis
and Ramonette de Asis; Ma Carmen P. Golez
and Gerard Golez; and Ma Theresa P. Villegas
and Angelico Villegas; and grandchildren Tyra
and Lyca Villegas.

From page 2
such as a licensed pharmacist with the necessary
documents, DTI business
permit, etc.
Accreditation fee is set
at P5,000, says Iglesia.
“Even owners of existing
drug stores may apply as
Botika ng Bayan,” adds
Iglesia. Interested applicants
must go to the Department
of Health Provincial Health
Team Office on Mondays
and Fridays only as Iglesia,
who is the lone BFAD officer in the province, is on
field on Tuesdays to Thursdays. The DOH office here
is located at the Cimafranca
Subdivision (near Little
Children of the Philippines),
Daro, this city. (RMN)

Metro Dgte. ...

Media artist stabbed; Suspect at large
Report to nearest PNP

ED
WIN KA
TAD
A
EDWIN
KAT
ADA

MONET P
ATER
PA

Popular media and commercial graphics artist Edwin Katada
was stabbed in the abdomen by a neighbor believed to be under
the influence of drugs.
The suspect one
Ramonito Pater Y Generoso
alias Monet, is missing. He
was a neighbor selling cigarettes. (See fotos of victim
and suspect.)
Last Jan 22 at past 1am
victim Edwin Katada went
down to request noisy
people to tone down their
voices because people were
sleeping.
Without his knowledge,

Boticas ...

the suspect Monet slipped
out and waited for Katada to
return to his house when he
stabbed him in the lower abdomen through and through
with a flamingo. Victim was
rushed to the Negros Or. Provincial Hospital where he
underwent two surgeries. He
is still in critical condition.
A joint affidavit of witnesses were already submitted to the PNP for the filing

of complaint and arrest of the
suspect who eluded arrest,
and is now a subject of a
manhunt. But close friends
of Katada say they can help
police locate the suspect
whose picture appears
herein.
With mounting hospital
bills some friends and clients
are raising funds to help the
media graphics artist.

From page 2
ested areas which has
become bald due to illegal
logging.
Mayor Yap said that a
project proposal has been
presented by his administration to the Department of Energy last year but since funds
intended for the purposes
was depleted on that year, the
same is now pushed for inclusion in this year’s priority list.
–o0o–
LINKING AYUNGON
AND KABANKALAN
Strengthening the bondage of the two peoples of
Negros Island, a composite
P4.5M-bridge is now in offing connecting a river of this
town with that of
Kabankalan, the nearest
town in Negros Occidental.
The project will kick off
after local executives had ink
a pact to cooperate each
other in the realization of
what some residents call her
as “friendly ties” bridge.
Aside from Governor
George Arnaiz and his counterpart in Negros Occidental,
Governor Joseph Maranon,
the other local executives
that will be involved includes
the mayors Ayungon and
Kabankalan in Occidental
side.
Negros Oriental government committed a counterpart of not less than P2 million pesos.

FU is ...

Ten more ...

From page 2

From page 1
Paragas and Louie Ruel
Rubio was each sentenced to
suffer imprisonment from six
months of arresto mayor to
two years and four (4)
months
of
prision
correccional as maximum for
violating Section 16 or Section 8 of the old drugs law
R.A. No. 6425.
Drug cases against
Jimmy Tabotabo, Jakosalem
Dagunton, Grandee Alcorin
and Rollin Narciso were all
provisionally dismissed as
the prosecution manifested
that it could no longer prove
the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt due to
the death of its one and only
principal witness who either
has died or has become a fugitive from justice.
For the same month,

Foundation University’s
Outstanding Alumni Awards,
given out annually for the
last 42 years.
This year’s awarding ceremony will be held on Tuesday, July 4, 2006, during the
celebration
of
the
University’s 57th founding
anniversary.
Nomination forms can be
downloaded
from
www.FoundationU.com or
may be secured from Donna
Aguilar, FU Alumni Relations director, at the Balay sa
Alumni, FU North campus.
Deadline for all nominations
is on Friday, June 2, 2006.

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critical repor
ting
reporting

HOW MEDIA SEES IT, AND NOT OTHERS
use it will be measured to you. In short, you reap what you
sow.
With 73 dead the ABS-CBN SHOW STAMPEDE has a very strong
effect on its marketing. People will no longer watch their live shows for
fear of another bomb scare which might turn real, courtesy of
destabilizers.
ABS-CBN should be ashamed of its past deeds. Here is a government which they lambasted day in and day out, 24 hours daily,
yet, the same officials were on hand to condole with them after the
tragedy.
The tragedy was indeed a wake up call to ABS-CBN. It should be a
humbling experience if they know how to discern such incident. For the
common masses the lesson is, never judge a person unfairly, lest something unfair (like that stampede) will also happen unto you.
Let’s see if ABS-CBN will mellow down their attacks against
the Presidency.It is only important that as the biggest TV network
in the country, they should lead the way in sober,accurate, and responsible broadcast journalism. (EPD)

DepEd ...
From page 1
employees
whose
arrearages could easily reach
P2-billion. These discrepancies nationwide were discovered under the watch of PGM
Winston Garcia.
The Government Service
Insurance System (GSIS) here
is now in the thick of updating
the GSIS records of public
school teachers in Negros Oriental.
According to local GSIS
Information Officer Jaydon
Villaverde, GSIS is working
overtime with officials from
the Department of Education
(DepEd) in gathering, collating and encoding the individual service records of
DepEd employees while removing inaccurate data such
as bloated salaries and nonexistent members.
Earlier, GSIS Executive
Vice President for Operations
Enriqueta Disuanco has assured that the state pension
fund and DepEd are implementing a “one and for all”
solution that will correct discrepancies in the service
records of DepEd employees.
The project, which costs
P17.2 million courtesy of
GSIS, is being done at the
DepEd division level.
Disuanco said this will pave
the way for reliable and accurate data to be uploaded in the
GSIS database.
GSIS will train DepEd personnel on the GSIS-preferred
format of data encoding, this
on top of the state pension
fund shouldering the cost of
acquiring computers and
equipment as well as the hiring of contractual employees.
Disuanco said P17 million
is a small investment compared to its long-term benefits.
“Once we are through with
this, we are positive that the
GSIS will collect from the
DepEd at least P2 billion in
arrearages. The DepEd committed to seek allocation once
we finalize the correct amount
that is due,” she said.

twelve new drug cases were
also filed by the PDEA.
While the Court tries its best
to resolve the pending cases,
there seems to be no stop to
the proliferation of drug related incidents in Dumaguete.
The successful elimination of
the drug menace requires the
cooperation of all sectors of
society. As the saying goes,
save the user, jail the pusher.
But we must address the
problem, by cutting the roots.
The public is strongly urged
to turn in the big shots.

PNP-LTO ...
From page 1
range from P100 to
P1000.
Responsible quarters in
the community immediately
lauded the move of the PNP
and LTO to intensify their
crack down on motorcycleriding criminals. The check
points on operation Night
Eye is also intended to monitor the illegal carrying of firearms.
In many crime incidents,
the motorcycle is always the
convenient get-away vehicle
because of its easy maneuverability and the capability to
enter rough terrain under all
weather conditions.
By cracking down on hot
motorbikes, the law enforcers
hope to minimize crime incidents and be deterrents to
would-be criminals.
EXPAT COMPLAINS
A foreigner who lives in
Dumaguete complained that
he was subjected to harassment by traffic cops. one of
them was not in uniform.
While William Mogg was
dining along Perdices St., his
new big bike was subjected
to inspection. Having found
no plates, since it was still for
registration, he was brought
to the PNP headquarters and
made to pay P100 as fine for
having no license plate. He
explained that the store
dealer was the one following
up the papers.
Mogg, a US retiree, complains that he did not commit
any crime. Why was he
brought to the PNP headquarters?
She added that a reliable
and accurate record will give
teachers a correct record of
creditable service, which is the
basis for benefits and privileges such as loans, claims and
dividends.
Villaverde said GSIS gave
this statement in light of a proposal for some DepEd employees union officials that teachers put up their own insurance
fund, apparently as a way out
of the unreliable records they
have with the GSIS.
But Disuanco said the
GSIS should not be readily
faulted for this, because the
state-pension fund only based
its membership data on the service records submitted by
DepEd personnel. (RMN)

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It could yet be another first in the city. The combined creativcity of local Dumaguete City designers and exquisite models are
about to launch Dumaguete City as the next fashion hub of the
Philippines with its first ever clsassic fashion show to be staged at
the sprawling CBA parking lot of Silliman University , 8 PM on
February 8.
IT’S
CALLED:
BE
CHARMED . Popular local designer “Josip” actually Carlos
Estolloso Tumapa came up with a
brilliant idea of staging his very
own first fashion show featuring
his original designs down from the
sophisticated casual wear to the
dazzling formal gowns. But professionals say that Josip could now
well compete with known designers in big cities like in Manila or
Cebu.
WHAT IS CLASSY IS
UNIQUELY DUMAGUETE
“I want to feature the fashion
lifestyle of students here in
Dumaguete City which is slowly
moving from the casual ones to the
sexy, daring and mature way of
dressing,” Josip said.
And you will be amazed how
beautiful are our Dumaguete-based
student models at Silliman, featuring both Filipina and the international student community.
In addition, he explained that
the fashion show would open more
opportunities to budding talented
students, entrepreneurs and designers in Dumaguete.
“We have a very big potential
when it comes to the arts. Working

HAVEYOU

SEENHIM?

with the team I have in Silliman University alone, the Silliman Guild of Artists (SILGARIANS), made me realize
how talented our generation is. I have
never seen such group of students so
talented and passionate in working on
this projects with me,” Josip commented.
The BE CHARMED fashion show
is divided into three segments. Josip
explains that the first segment will be a
showcase of gowns and formal dresses
tailored for students who are still wondering what is the “in thing” for the
prom this year. Meanwhile, the second
and third segment will feature Josip’s
collection of sophisticated bohemian
flowing dresses and some personally remodeled beaded pants.
Josip started making his designs
way back to his elementary years and is
considered a fashion rebel with that
well-mixed touch of class and sophistication when it comes to fashion ideas.
Flowing, clean-cut clothes are Josip’s
personal trademarks. He admits that he
is currently into playing with chiffon designs and has tried remodeling “ukayukay” clothes by injecting his own idea
of style and fashion.
Also, Josip shares that he is on the habit of
tearing his pants. “When I buy my pants, I always tear them in the long run and inject my
own fashion statement into it,” Josip said.
On the other hand, Ray Dy, a junior Entrepreneur student of Silliman University, personally designed the other pieces and accessories
that will be used in the fashion show. Ray began crafting his custom-made exclusive accessories such as brooches, cuffs, bracelets, necklaces and earrings a year ago. He’s also into
detailed bead designs and accepts custom-made
orders of clients using various media such as
fresh water pearls, Swarovski crystals, wood
beads and sequins in suede, brass, stainless steel
and aluminum chain. Some of Ray’s designs
can
be
previewed
at
http://
rcadyborluloys.ebloggy.com/.
Meanwhile, the BE CHARMED fashion show
is part of the week long celebration of the Silliman
University College of Business Administration
(CBA) Week. Other activities included in the CBA
Week are the “Reggae Night” with the famous local
band Enchi at the BA Parking Lot, Marketing Exposition with St. Paul University at the Audio Vi-

sual Theatre I and the “HUDYAKA” CBA Cultural Night at the Luce Auditorium.
The BE CHARMED fashion show is in partnership with the Silliman Guild of Artists
(SILGARIANS) and is sponsored by the Silliman
University CBA Student Council.. Promotions by
the NEGROS CHRONCILE and ENERGY FM
DYEM. Admission for the show is free and is open
to everyone.